Shimla, March 3 (Inditop.com) A new swine flu case has been reported in Himachal Pradesh after a gap of over a month, a health department official said here Wednesday.
With this, the number of Influenza A (H1N1) cases in the state has risen to 45.
“A 54-year-old man was admitted to Shimla’s Indira Gandhi Medical [...]
New Delhi, Feb 24 (Inditop.com) India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a swine flu testing kit that can diagnose the pandemic in just two hours and reduce the cost of a single test fivefold – to less than Rs.1,000.
“This test kit can diagnose positive samples within two hours as against nearly a [...]
New Delhi, Feb 22 (Inditop.com) President Pratibha Patil Monday said the government had responded with alacrity to the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic and was in the process of developing an indigenous vaccine that would be available this year.
“My government responded with alacrity to the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic. For the first time in our country an [...]
Washington, Feb 13 (Inditop.com) The deadly H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, may have affected more than 57 million Americans and killed as many as 17,000 of them, according to new official estimates.
Though 2,498 confirmed deaths linked to the H1N1 virus had been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [...]
New Delhi, Jan 19 (Inditop.com) India Tuesday demanded an inquiry to establish why the World Health Organisation (WHO) pressed the panic button with regard to the swine flu virus, which many believe has benefited pharmaceutical companies.
“We definitely demand an inquiry into the whole issue. WHO is not god,” Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh [...]
Athens, Jan 19 (RIA Novosti) Greece has cancelled an order for about eight million batches of the vaccine against swine flu, local media said citing the government sources.
Greece had previously ordered over 11 million batches to vaccinate its entire population, and has received 3.6 million batches, worth 25 million euro ($36 million) from that order.
“The [...]
New Delhi, Jan 17 (Inditop.com) Six new cases of swine flu were reported in the national capital Sunday, a health official said.
“There were six new cases today. The cumulative number of H1N1 infections in the city has reached 9,595,” a health ministry official added.
On Friday, a 55-year-old woman succumbed to the disease, taking the toll [...]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (Inditop.com) Five new swine flu cases were reported in the national capital Saturday, a health official said.
“There were five new swine flu cases, including of a child, reported in the city today (Saturday). There were no deaths reported,” Anjana Prakash, assistant nodal officer for swine flu in the capital, told Inditop.
The [...]